Family claimed Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body Thursday

The cause of death of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been determined to be "gunshot wounds to (his) torso and extreme blunt trauma to (his) head and torso," Team 5 Investigates Kathy Curran reported Friday.

The body of Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died after a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday and first brought to a North Attleborough funeral home. Tsarnaev's body was transported from North Attleborough to Worcester overnight.

Stefan says everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of their death and he is prepared for protests. He says arrangements have yet to be worked out.

Several protesters showed up outside the North Attleborough funeral home Thursday night where Tsarnaev's body was taken following its release by the state medical examiner.

Police were brought in to provide security as a similar crowd grew outside Graham Putnam and Mahoney Funeral in Worcester Friday.

Sources say the family plans to bury Tsarnaev in the Boston area.

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New information continues to emerge about the two suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombing. Federal documents breakdown how the Boston Bombing suspects reportedly carried out the attack, and show how close friends attempted to hide evidence from investigators.

THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS KILLED. WE'LL HEAR FROM THEHIM. AND WE ALSO HAVE BREAKING NEWS IN THE MARATHON BOMBING INVESTIGATION. WE NOW KNOW HOW SUSPECT TAMERLAN TSARNAEV DIED. AND KATHY CURRAN JOINS US LIVE FROM WORCESTER WHERE THE BODY IS NOW BEING HELD. KATHY? AND SOURCES TELL ME THAT TAMERLAN TSARNAEV'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH IS HOMICIDE, GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND BLUNT TRAUMA. HE WAS SHOT BY POLICE AND TRUCK BY A MOTOR VEHICLE. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDERWAY AND THE POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE. THE CROWD HAS BEEN GROWING ALL DAY LONG AND MANY ARE NOT HAPPY THAT TSARNAEV'S BODY IS HERE IN WORCESTER. I OBJECT TO IT, I THINK IT'S WRONG. THE ACCUSED BOMB ER TAMERLAN TSARNAEV ISN'T WELCOMED IN WORCESTER. HE WAS MOVED HERE FROM THE NORTH ATTLEBORO FUNERAL HOME THIS MORNING. MY SYMPATHIES ARE NOT WITH THE TERRORIST, BUT WITH THE FAMILIES WHO ARE NOW SUFFERING THE LOSS OF LIMB AND LIFE. MY ATTITUDE MIGHT BE SOMETIMES, DON'T DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY THAT DID THIS, BUT THAT ISN'T THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS. FUNERAL DIRECTOR HAS HAD NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BEFORE FOR BURYING PROSTITUTES. HE SAYS HE'S ONLY FULFILLING HIS OATH TO BURY THE DEAD AND IN NO WAY SUPPORTS THE ALLEGED ACTIONS OF TSARNAEV. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T CONDONE WHAT HE DID. IS HE A TERRORIST? SURE, HE'S A TERRORIST, BUT I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HE DID. I'M BURYING A DEAD BODY. POLICE ARE ON STAND BY TO MANAGE THE CROWD AND EGGS HAVE BEEN HURLED AND SOME BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE. IT FEELS SAD. IT FEELS SAD. WHY COULDN'T THEY TAKE HIM SOMEWHERE ELSE? AND TAMERLAN'S UNCLE RUSLAN IS HANDLING THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FAMILY. MOST PEOPLE HERE OUT IN THE CROWD NOT HAPPY THAT HIS BODY IS HERE, BUT THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR TELLS ME SOME PEOPLE HAVE